@JimTheFish @Bluesqueakpip @blenkinsopthebrave @ScaryB

Oooh – thanks for the feedback. Sounds like a plan. I’d be interested in comparing the two myself Who stories myself.

I thought it would be good if there was enough interest to launch it as a “plan” later on when the sites more busy and ask if anyone wanted to contribute a blog (or Blogs)…[Read more]

@ScaryB

I agree with you re Patrick Stewart. A brilliant actor, and you make a good point about the different personalities of the Master. When I think of Patrick Stewart as the Master, I tend to think of a suave but steely Master; in other words a version of Roger Delgado.

But when you think of just how radically left-field Moffat was in…[Read more]

So brilliant. “That’s a spaceship!” Possibly the best line of the episode.

Tom Baker really sets the bar for me. Watching this reminds me of why, although I have enjoyed all of the AG Doctors in different ways, this restrained, non-shouty version, moving effortlessly between cheeky and quietly ominous, will always be my measure of what the Docto…[Read more]

@scaryB

Yes, Ray Harryhausen. So many of the magical bits of my childhood are due to him.

And if there was ever proof that old-fashioned stop motion could be more scary than modern CGI, this has to be it:

@ScaryB thank you- and ooh, I know, I almost squealed a little at the clock. Good thing my boyfriend is away for a while, I would have dreaded a ‘what?’ at that point.

@ScaryB

… and the Great Escape

In retrospect, that has to have been a missed opportunity for eleven. Remember the throw away scene in Impossible Astronaut with the tunnel to the camp commandants office?

Having the Doctor (with the obvious football skills of Matt Smith) spending time in a concentration camp and leading a series of escape a…[Read more]

So – Last call for Votes, and looking at first choices, the scores on the doors are currently:
VOTE DAVISON – VOTE FOR AN EPISODE FOR THE FIFTH!

Story (Episodes)
Notes

Kinda (4)
@TheKrynoidMan @whisht

The Visitation (4)
@bluesqueakpip @Phaseshift

Earthshock (4)
Null points

The Arc of Infinity (4)
Null points

Enlightenment (4)
Null p…[Read more]

@ScaryB

And I’ll ignore Phaseshift‘s attempt at lowering the tone

Oh, I am awful. But, go on, you still like me, don’t you.

btw can I just say… @Blenkinsopthebrave – love the commercial!

@toinfinityandbepond – nice 🙂

and @ScaryB – don’t ever do that again.
That image has spoilers.

Its spoiled my eyes and my sleep.

I now can’t get flying rock heads, grain, and mainly that crotch out of my mind.

@bluesqueakpip

Her barely reined-in exasperation with Duggan is indeed pitch perfect, as is the moment of compassion when she hands him her coffee.

To paraphrase Elizabeth the first “I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the temperament and demeanour of the First Doctor, so hang on to your gonads Duggan. Have a coffee” :-D…[Read more]

@ScaryB    Oh dear Lord. That is not a sci-fi moment with which I was familiar, and I could have continued quite peacefully in that state of blissful ignorance, my innocence intact. Oh well. I will look  to my extra-dimensional trophy for comfort (does it come with an extra-dimensional bottle of champagne? Do I get to soak @blenkinsopthebrave and [Read more]

@blenkinsopthebrave

Piped you to the post?! Ah well – at least we mentioned it. I do find that scene very magical. I therefore admire you and MrsBlenkinsop immensely!

@wolfweed

I’ve just realised that I could make a list of 10 reasons why I shouldn’t make lists.

I have to say, I immediately distrust people who can categorise stuff in order…[Read more]

@ScaryB I have now cleared my schedule for the whole of the fortnight surrounding it, allowing for ample preperation before, and the inevitable terrible feels coma after.

And we have a winner! (after a little clue…)

@blenkinsopthebrave Yes, at number 11 was 42 being revealed as the answer to life, the universe and everything. Pour yourself a glass and I’ll raise one to you.

P.S. If it helps, Jason and the Argonauts got two entries, with the bronze giant Talos awakening coming in at no. 196.

@ScaryB They’ve…[Read more]

@ScaryB

Thanks for that clip of the end of Dark Star. What a brilliant film.

And, of course, the inspired idea for a blog on the 10 best moments in each Doctor wasn’t my idea, it was @PhaseShift‘s. As are most of the inspired ideas.

@ScaryB

2-bottle-inspired idea

Dear me, it was only a 2-glass inspired idea. I don’t want to give the wrong impression about dinner at the pub with Mrs Blenkinsop. We walked home upright and sober!

Okay, I fell for the marketing and bought SFX. I don’t know if this will calm you down or enrage you further, but here goes…

@JimTheFish Gort came in at 92, Statue of Liberty was 29, Maria was 136.

@FatManInABox Buffy singing was 22, Wickerman was 167, Gandalf’s death comes in at 16 and his arrival at Helm’s Deep is 26, but it doesn’t seem…[Read more]

http://www.combom.co.uk/2014/06/no-doctor-who-panel-for-sdcc-2014.html

@blenkinsopthebrave  @PhaseShift  @Whisht  @JimTheFish @FatManInABox  @ScaryB  et all

I’ve just realised that I could make a list of 10 reasons why I shouldn’t make lists.

Choosing favorites was fun but as soon as I posted I realised I needed another 6 months to seri…[Read more]

As I collapse, wearily onto the sofa I find nominations stuck behind the cushions! Huzzah for Mr Davison!

@ScaryB has been counted twice provisionally because I got the impression she was teetering on the fence, and if anyone wants to reappraise their votes/correct mistakes let me know.
VOTE DAVISON – VOTE FOR AN EPISODE FOR THE F…[Read more]